The prayer of intercession is prayed in behalf of others.
Through His Word, God has called the Body of Christ to the
ministry of intercession.

“I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers,
intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for
kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a
quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this
is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior; who
will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge
of the truth” (1 Timothy 2:1-4).

During a time of fasting, God revealed to me that He is calling
the Church to rally around the prayer of intercession. We
are to call on Him to pour out of His Spirit in these last days
in great, unusual manifestations of His power. God is about
to bring forth the grand finale. It will be the greatest production
by the Spirit of God in the history of the human race.
We are the most privileged generation to have ever lived on
this earth. We are blessed not only to witness these manifestations,
but also to be the vessels through which His mighty
power will flow.

The miraculous things that occurred in the early Church,
as recorded in the book of Acts, will be common among us in
these last days. Intercessory prayer is the tool that the Spirit
of God will use to bring them into manifestation.
We are entering into the most exciting move of the Holy
Spirit the Church has ever experienced. I believe this is the
last big thrust to harvest the souls of this world into the kingdom
of God.

Why are we called to intercession? Because God does not
do anything in the earth without the cooperation of a man.
He intends that we work together with Him to accomplish
His will. Man is still in authority in the earth. God put him in
that position.

I believe we are the generation that will usher in the coming
of the Lord Jesus Christ for His Church. Before He comes,
the Spirit of God will be poured out upon all flesh. James 5:7
says, “Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit
of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive
the early and latter rain.” John 15:1 tells us the husbandman
is the heavenly Father. The fruit of the earth is the harvest of
souls (Matthew 9:37-38). The rain is the outpouring of the
Holy Spirit (Hosea 6:3).

Intercessory prayer causes the rain of God’s Spirit to bring
the harvest of the human race into the family of God. Right
now, all over the world, God is bringing the Body of Christ
into unity. As rivers of living water, believers joined together
will cause a flood of God’s power in the earth.

Because of the crucial time we are living in, this move of
the Holy Spirit is causing believers everywhere to respond to
the call to intercession. This world will not take much more
sin! Romans 8:22 says all of creation groans for the manifestation
of the sons of God. Heaven is reverberating 24 hours a
day with the intercession of God’s people.

We are at the end of what began on the Day of Pentecost.
The Apostle Peter said:

But this is that which was spoken by the prophet
Joel; And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith
God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and
your young men shall see visions, and your old men
shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on
my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of
my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: And I will show
wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth
beneath… (Acts 2:16-19).

The result of this outpouring of the Holy Spirit is: “And it
shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of
the Lord shall be saved” (verse 21).

In order to be saved, one must be born into the family of God.
Jesus said, “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom
of God” (John 3:3). He was speaking of the spiritual new
birth. “That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is
born of the Spirit is spirit” (verse 6). Intercession is giving birth
in the realm of the spirit.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries